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Recipe: Frijoles de Olla

From the Back to Basics article in the May 2017 issue. Frijoles de Olla Serves 6 to 8 Bolitos, Anasazis, favas—any of these beans can be simmered simply in salted water with tasty results. For pintos…

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Recipe: Calabacitas

From the Back to Basics article in the May 2017 issue. Calabacitas Serves 6 In high summer in New Mexico, people eat this sauté by the bowlful. The preparation for calabacitas is fast, easy, and…

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Recipe: Posole

From the Back to Basics article in the May 2017 issue. Posole Serves 8 or more As one of the trinity of special summer crops, corn is occasionally eaten in New Mexico in ways familiar to other…

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Recipe: Flour Tortillas

From the Back to Basics article in the May 2017 issue. Flour Tortillas Makes about 8 tortillas, approximately 7 to 8 inches in diameter In Southwest culinary circles, flour tortillas are most closely…

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One of Our 50 Is Missing | May 2016

BOTTLED UP Renee Finn, a Tucumcari native, wanted to send Christmas gifts back home from her current residence in Watertown, New York. When she asked an employee at a local winery whether they could…

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Books

COYOTE AMERICA: A Natural and Supernatural History BY DAN FLORES (Basic, 2016) Just about everyone has some kind of coyote story. Native Americans have ancient myths, Central Park joggers have…

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Cuentos y Querencia

Holy Thursday, El Santuario de Chimayó, 1982. From Look into My Eyes: Nuevomexicanos por Vida, ’81–’83. INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE is common enough among New Mexicans, like the smell of fresh…

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Creator of Creators

Above: Nicolai Fechin, Portrait of Mabel Dodge Luhan,c. 1927, oil on canvas, the Anschutz Collection. WHEN MABEL DODGE LUHAN died, in 1962, Taos and America paid little attention. However famous and…

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The Discovery of a Lifetime

Above: Katherine Wells atop rock-art-rich Mesa Prieta. AS SHE RODE WITH her real estate agent past black boulders and juniper trees, Katherine Wells was so weary of searching for a new place to call…

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